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New York, March 30, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces the deportation from Kyrgyzstan on Saturday of American freelancer Umar Farooq, who was detained and interrogated by Kyrgyz security services last week, according to news reports.

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February 1, 2015--Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who was serving a seven-year prison sentence in Egypt for "conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood," was deported today, according to Egypt's state-run news agency. Greste, who is Australian, was arrested in December 2013 with his colleagues Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed.

South Korea has been hailed by many as a bastion for democracy and press freedom, especially in comparison to its twin to the north, which for years has been featured on the Committee to Protect Journalists' most censored list. However the recent stifling of critical voices in South Korea, including cases of arrests, deportation, and criminal defamation hearings in the past seven days, indicates a worrisome climate for press freedom and free expression.

Bangkok, February 14, 2012--Indonesian
authorities detained a Czech journalist on Wednesday, then deported him for reporting
without official permission from a restricted area of the country, according to
news reports.

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New York, February 13, 2012--Saudi columnist Hamza Kashgari,
whose Twitter postings about the Prophet Mohammed have drawn death threats and
government reprisals, was deportedfrom
Malaysia back to his home country on Sunday, according to news
reports.